diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/immich.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/immich.nix
index 6fdfb0c831b5..a68066c30df0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/immich.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/immich.nix
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ in
       MACHINE_LEARNING_WORKERS = "1";
       MACHINE_LEARNING_WORKER_TIMEOUT = "120";
       MACHINE_LEARNING_CACHE_FOLDER = "/var/cache/immich";
+      XDG_CACHE_HOME = "/var/cache/immich";
       IMMICH_HOST = "localhost";
       IMMICH_PORT = "3003";
     };